Comment 9 for bug 89364

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Soren Hansen (soren) wrote : Re: [Bug 89364] Re: Apache2 default site contains only the words "It works!"

On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 07:18:40AM -0000, Noah Slater wrote:
> I understand everything you are saying. There is a simple solution,
> return a 404 Not Found. This message is already internationalised.

Now, if every browser handled that properly, it would be a good idea.
Last time I checked, certain browsers (*cough* IE *cough*) treated a 404
very ungracefully. Essentially, you couldn't really tell the difference
between a webserver that did not respond at all and a standard 404. That
is going to lead to a bunch of bug reports and irate users as well.